Timeline of key Gender Responsive Budgeting milestones in Timor-Leste

Date: Monday, February 1, 2021

This GRB Timeline showing the sequence of TL Government’s effort with the line ministries, CSOs, private sectors, development partners and academia in pushing forward the country’s commitment to achieve gender equality through assuring gender sensitive budget at workplace.

Women, Peace and Security: Story of Change and Progress from the Implementation of NAP 1325

Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Along with the Timor-Leste government’s effort in advancing the agenda of NAP 1325 in UNSCR on Women, Peace and Security, there has been an escalation on the number of women’s participation in the decision making and peace building role started from the community, up to the institutional level.

UN Women Timor-Leste Quarterly Newsletter | April - June 2020

Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2020

In this edition, UN Women Timor-Leste’s newsletter covering: (*) GENDER AND COVID-19 (*) UN WOMEN TIMOR-LESTE IS RESPONDING TO COVID-19 BY FOCUSING ON FIVE AREAS OF ACTION (*) SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EQUALITY AND INCLUSION (SEII) SIGNS PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH UN WOMEN (*) EMPOWERING WOMEN IN (*) LEADERSHIP, ECONOMY AND SUSTAINING WEAVING CULTURE THROUGH WEAVERS’ NETWORK... and much more.

Violence against women and girls and COVID-19: Key issues and actions for Timor-Leste

Date: Friday, August 7, 2020

Women and girls face even more violence in times of humanitarian crises, such as this moment with COVID- 19 and past outbreaks when movement is restricted. Violence against women has been called a “shadow pandemic” because it has huge consequences on the health and well-being of women and girls, but they often suffer in the shadows which has socio-economic costs that will last beyond the pandemic.

UN Women Timor Leste Quarterly Newsletter | January - March 2020

Date: Monday, June 1, 2020

Timor-Leste’s recent history is full of stories of women who have made a significant contribution to building the nation. Women played various roles during the struggle for independence and participated in politics and state-building soon after independence.

In Brief: Women’s Needs and Gender Equality in Timor-Leste’s COVID-19 Response

Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Women and girls’ immediate and long-term needs must be addressed and integrated into Timor-Leste’s COVID-19 response, in order to ensure both women’s access to services and human rights, and to enable women to contribute to shaping the response.

Chega! Women for Peace – A Manual to Understand the UNSCR 1325

Date: Friday, February 14, 2020

Designed for adult learners, it provides trainers & leaders with culturally appropriate tools and expertise to deliver the principles of two important documents on peace building in Timor-Leste; The National Action Plan (NAP) on the UN Security Resolution 1325 (Women, Peace and Security) and the Chega! Report (the final report of Timor-Leste’s Truth and Reconciliation Reception).The manual also compliments other training manuals which focus on the transmission of more specific skills in leadership, mediation, conflict resolution, and trauma healing.

Improving the Lives of Women Survivors in Timor-Leste

Date: Thursday, February 6, 2020

The research report provides an insight into the lives of 77 women survivors across three municipalities, Baucau, Covalima and Ouecusse; and shows results from Participatory Action Research (PAR) that many women survivors remain vulnerable because of existing inequalities, such as limited access to social assistance, information, and their rights, which then restricts their ability to meet their needs and escape conditions of economic vulnerability. To address these issues, ACbit concludes with five recommendations to present to the Government, civil society groups and the community in 2020.

UN Women Timor-Leste Quarterly Newsletter | October - December 2019

Date: Monday, February 3, 2020

In this edition, UN Women Timor-Leste’s newsletter covering: [*] Timor-Leste’s participation in the Beijing +25 Intergovernmental Meeting [*] The Success story of Gender Equality Commitment made by the Ministry of Interior Staffs [*] A launch of report and manual Improving the lives of Women Survivors in Timor-Leste [*] National seminar reflects on progress, key challenges and solutions to increase women’s leadership at the municipal level [*] Students and professors take action to end gender based violence, and more.

UN Women Timor Leste Quarterly Newsletter | July—September 2019

Date: Friday, December 6, 2019

In this edition: (*) Baucau's first vendor forum (*) Remembering Vicenta Maria Correia (*) Government, Academia, Civil Society and Development partners discuss the progress and potential of Gender Responsive Budgeting (*) Gender Statistics: Producing and using gender data for Sustainable Development (*) From where I stand: "Being part of LGBTI community in Timor-Leste (*) and much more...